Medical Staff Leadership Appointed

Margate, FL – Aventura Hospital and Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of its 2011 slate of Medical Staff Leadership. Chief Executive Officer Heather J. Rohan announced that Dr. Charles P. Shenker, M.D., will continue to serve as Chief of Staff. Dr. Shenker specializes in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease. Dr. Shenker has been serving as Chief of Staff since 2008. He has been an active member of the Medical Staff of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center for more than 20 years. Dr. Shenker attended medical school at the University of Miami - School of Medicine in Miami, Florida and completed his Internship and Residency at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. He went on to complete his Fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases at the University of Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Additional physicians named to the Medical Executive Committee include: Vice Chief Staff-Elect, Stacy Roskin, M.D.; Immediate Past Chief of Staff, Enrique Hanebergh, M.D.; Secretary/Treasurer, Edward Wiener, D.O.; Representative at Large are Michael Lemont, M.D. and Eugenio Bricio, M.D.; Chair of the Department of Medicine Michael Braun, M.D.; Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, Julie Swartzbard, M.D., Director of the Division of Cardiology, Enrique Hanabergh, M.D.; Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine, Roman Skylar, M.D.; Director of the Division of Radiology, Idan Alkalay, M.D.; Director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Brett, Neustater, M.D.; Chair of the Department of Orthopedics, Ronnie Arad, M.D.; Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopedics, Steven Gorin, D.O.; Chiar of the Department of Psychiatry, Barry Kaplowitz, M.D.; Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Jack Abramson, M.D.; Chair of the Department of Surgery, Naaman Abdullah, M.D.; Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, David Grossman, M.D.; Director of the Division of Urology, Jay Kim, M.D.; Director of the Division of Anesthesiology, Ricardo Gerenstein, M.D.; Director of the Division of Pathology, Kip Amazon, M.D.; and Director of the Division of Podiatry, Marie Williams, D.P.M.

“We have an excellent group of committed and dedicated professionals on our medical staff leadership team that will be invaluable contributors to our efforts at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center to provide excellent medical care to our patients,” said Heather J. Rohan, CEO of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.